Sign Up for Beta Readers Club

Based on your response to our polls, we’ve decided to go ahead with a trial run of our Beta Readers Club. If you are a voracious reader with an interest in helping out new writers, or if you are a writer yourself in need of another pair of eyes, then this is the place for you. This ongoing workshop will deal with speculative fiction over 7,500 words all the way up to full length novels. The plan is to put up a new piece every four to eight weeks for review, and then have the members read and comment. This format is ideal if you’d like to get an opinion on your NaNoWriMo, or if you’re looking to self-publish and need help editing.

Writers would post their work on Google docs, divided up into manageable chunks. (The exact amount will depend on chapter structure.) These…